2019 Little Caesars Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship Bracket Revealed
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INDIANAPOLIS – Wright State and Northern Kentucky claimed a share of the regular season title on Saturday and the Raiders earned the No. 1 seed for the 2019 Motor City Madness, while the Norse are the No. 2 seed as the Horizon League announced the bracket for the 2019 Little Caesars Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship.
Wright State earned the No. 1 seed and its first regular season title since the 2006-07 season after earning a 65-62 win over Milwaukee in the final game of the regular season to finish the season 13-5. The Raiders hold the tiebreaker over the Norse after earning a sweep of Oakland this season. Northern Kentucky registered an 86-82 victory over the Phoenix to claim its second-straight regular season crown. The Norse are the first team since Valparaiso in 2016 and 2017 to earn back-to-back regular season crowns.
The Golden Grizzlies earned a 74-63 win over IUPUI, its fourth-straight win to close out the regular season, to earn the No. 3 seed and finish Horizon League play with a record of 11-7. Green Bay secured the No. 4 seed and final home game during the quarterfinals of Motor City Madness after going 1-1 this week. The Phoenix hold the tiebreaker over the Flames who also finished 10-8 after earning the series sweep.
UIC is the No. 5 seed for Motor City Madness after claiming a win over Detroit Mercy, 80-71, in the regular-season finale. Youngstown State comes into next week’s quarterfinal matchups as the No. 6 seed after finishing the year 8-10 and holding the tiebreaker over Detroit Mercy and IUPUI with a combined 3-1 record against them. Rounding out the Motor City Madness seeds are Detroit Mercy at No. 7 with a 2-2 mark against YSU and IUPUI and the Jaguars at No. 8.
The 2019 Little Caesars Horizon League Basketball Championships will begin March 5-6 at the top four seeds and will culminate with the semifinal and championship games on March 11-12 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Tickets for the semifinals and championship are on-sale now. Once quarterfinal games conclude on March 5 and 6, fan section information for participating teams will be announced.
Tuesday begins quarterfinal action with No. 1 Wright State hosting No. 8 IUPUI at 8 p.m. ET at the Nutter Center, following the women’s basketball quarterfinal matchup. Also on Tuesday, the fourth-seeded Phoenix will welcome No. 5 UIC at 8 p.m. ET. Wednesday’s quarterfinal games will pair No. 7 Detroit Mercy at No. 2 Northern Kentucky and also No. 3 Oakland will host No. 6 Youngstown State. Both quarterfinal games on Wednesday will begin at 7 p.m. ET.
For complete information on the 2019 Little Caesars Horizon League Basketball Championships, please go to HorizonLeague.com/MotorCityMadness.
TODAY'S RESULTS
2019 MOTOR CITY MADNESS SCHEDULE
| DATE |
GAME |
TIME (ET) |
TV/LIVE STREAM |
| Tuesday, March 5 |
No. 8 IUPUI at No. 1 Wright State |
8 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
|
No. 5 UIC at No. 4 Green Bay |
8 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
| Wednesday, March 6 |
No. 7 Detroit Mercy at No. 2 Northern Kentucky |
7 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
|
No. 6 Youngstown State at No. 3 Oakland |
7 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
| Monday, March 11 |
Semifinal No. 1 |
7 p.m. |
ESPNU |
|
Semifinal No. 2 |
9:30 p.m. |
ESPNU |
| Tuesday, March 12 |
Championship Game |
7 p.m. |
ESPN or ESPN2 |